diff --git a/hw/pci.c b/hw/pci.c
index 6b577e1e3e6e115b907018a78e745d0feae10f9c..3ee48715fcc569dc72db493e764597b705c49d45 100644
--- a/hw/pci.c
+++ b/hw/pci.c
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@ static void pci_change_irq_level(PCIDevice *pci_dev, int irq_num, int change)
     bus->set_irq(bus->irq_opaque, irq_num, bus->irq_count[irq_num] != 0);
 }
 
+int pci_bus_get_irq_level(PCIBus *bus, int irq_num)
+{
+    assert(irq_num >= 0);
+    assert(irq_num < bus->nirq);
+    return !!bus->irq_count[irq_num];
+}
+
 /* Update interrupt status bit in config space on interrupt
  * state change. */
 static void pci_update_irq_status(PCIDevice *dev)
diff --git a/hw/pci.h b/hw/pci.h
index 52ee8c9c5bfcb2d6fd4126e9c55b912b1256e8a3..a5f875d06b59b395716a330e5816a57b2ee55c94 100644
--- a/hw/pci.h
+++ b/hw/pci.h
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ void pci_bus_new_inplace(PCIBus *bus, DeviceState *parent,
 PCIBus *pci_bus_new(DeviceState *parent, const char *name, uint8_t devfn_min);
 void pci_bus_irqs(PCIBus *bus, pci_set_irq_fn set_irq, pci_map_irq_fn map_irq,
                   void *irq_opaque, int nirq);
+int pci_bus_get_irq_level(PCIBus *bus, int irq_num);
 void pci_bus_hotplug(PCIBus *bus, pci_hotplug_fn hotplug, DeviceState *dev);
 PCIBus *pci_register_bus(DeviceState *parent, const char *name,
                          pci_set_irq_fn set_irq, pci_map_irq_fn map_irq,